Apr 28, 2022 - Sale 2602

Sale 2602 - Lot 119

Price Realized: $ 10,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
A Student at a Table by Candlelight.

Etching, circa 1642. 148x135 mm; 5 1/2x5 3/8 inches, narrow margins. Usticke's first state (e-i) (of 3), before the outline of the right edge of the candle flame and before the mezzotint additions; New Hollstein's first state (of 2). A superb, dark and richly-inked impression with all the subtle tonal variations and shaded forms distinct, consistent with the earliest impressions. Bartsch 148; Biörklund 42-6; Hollstein (White and Boon) 148; New Hollstein 213..